Life

Antonios Georgantopoulos was born in 1932 in Pireaus near Athens, Greece. After completing his theological education, he was ordained a deacon in 1956 with the name Prokopios. In 1960, he was ordained to the priesthood. After his election in 1974, Fr. Prokopios was consecrated Metropolitan of Nea Krini and Kalamaria on May 26, 1974.